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言外之意
yán wài zhī yì
What 言外之意 means
- idiomunspoken implication; the actual meaning of what was said
The characters in 言外之意
- 言yánwords; speech; to say
- 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
- 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
- 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
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